New virus day service closed Visit service acknowledged Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare March 7 8:36
If the day-to-day service for elderly people who need nursing care goes off due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will take flexible measures, such as visiting day-service staff to provide services by visiting homes of users. And notify the prefectures.
In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Nagoya City has requested 126 day service and other offices in the city to be closed for seven days to two weeks, and Hokkaido has the highest number of infected people nationwide. But there is a day service that has been suspended.
In this regard, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare recognizes that if a business establishment such as a day service is closed at the request of a prefecture, the staff of the business establishment will visit the user's home instead to provide services. Has been notified.
In order to take such measures, it is usually necessary to submit a notification in advance, but later notification is also permitted, and the nursing care fee received by the business office is calculated as usual.
In response to this, in Nagoya City, as much as possible, staff will visit their homes to provide services for day services that have requested a leave of absence, and provide other services such as home helpers so that users will not be troubled with daily life. Seeking.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, "I would like to cooperate with a care manager who makes care plans according to the condition of the user and the wishes of the individual and respond appropriately."